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Is it permissible to use zakat for the shrouding of the deceased?

A man works in Jeddah and his wife, family, mother, and children are in Jordan. Is it permissible for one of them to delegate the slaughter on his behalf with one sacrifice?

Is it permissible for a husband to give his Zakat to his wife?

Is it permissible to sell the sacrifice by weight?

What is the ruling on performing the two Rak'ahs of Istikhara after the Fajr prayer?

A sacrifice has a white spot in its eye, but it does not affect its vision. Is it valid as a sacrifice?

Is it permissible to pay zakat to a dhimmi?

I sacrificed at a slaughterhouse in Kuwait, and the process there is that the person making the sacrifice pays the required amount and is given a coupon with a number on it. They then slaughter the livestock without the person seeing the sacrifice, and they do not write the name of the person making the sacrifice anywhere. It is also not necessary for me to receive the meat from the livestock that has the coupon number assigned to me, as they may pay for livestock that has been slaughtered because the livestock are not uniform in size and amount of meat. What is the ruling on this sacrifice?

Is it permissible to give Zakat to the Hashemite family?